🇬🇧 BBUK 2025 - starts 28 Sep

[Brekkie]

So no point at all then.

 

[Rison]

Do we know what the point of the Secret Room is yet? I might’ve missed that detail. What’s the purpose of the fake eviction / is there a task for the ex HMs to return?

I assume they'll get to listen in to things and producers are just after a few "ooooh, that bitch" moments from Sam and a "I thought the two of yous was friends?" from Farida. So yeah, no point.

 

[the Theorist]

Emily (or is her name Emma? I don’t even remember) let slip during the live episode that she was literally at work yesterday. Then back in the house a few hours later. It all seems so made up as they go.

The constant “shh”-ing into the mics by Aja and Will was also grating - like they’re not making it any less obvious - all for the HMs to get to the Secret Room, see the sign that said “remain quiet” then all of a sudden start screaming and making noise once they got inside and saw each other anyway.

 

[sav0001]

Emily (or is her name Emma? I don’t even remember) let slip during the live episode that she was literally at work yesterday. Then back in the house a few hours later. It all seems so made up as they go.

The constant “shh”-ing into the mics by Aja and Will was also grating - like they’re not making it any less obvious - all for the HMs to get to the Secret Room, see the sign that said “remain quiet” then all of a sudden start screaming and making noise once they got inside and saw each other anyway.

Nah it's obvious that Emily was always coming back given how she was kicked out on Launch night. Farida on the other hand was very likely a tag on due to George getting booted.

 

[Tim]

I didn't mind the fake eviction part, mostly because Sam gasping made it entertaining. But I have to groan at another left wing vs. right wing constructed situation. Young Tory vs. Muslim woman... we have really had enough of this and it's only the second week.

 

[the Theorist]

I didn't mind the fake eviction part, mostly because Sam gasping made it entertaining. But I have to groan at another left wing vs. right wing constructed situation. Young Tory vs. Muslim woman... we have really had enough of this and it's only the second week.

And the show this week was proof it became so much better off without all that, too!

 

[UnderTheRadar]

And the show this week was proof it became so much better off without all that, too!

100%! The period since George left has had some of the best moments of the ITV era in total.
Marcus and Tate using their eyeball currency at the shop to mess with eachother - Marcus causing Tate to have to nominate face to face and Tate buying Marcus time in prison, which was made even funnier by the fact that he had to attend his "romantic" dinner for two with Elsa while in the cell.

I don't get ITV's obsession with the political divide and having housemates that do nothing but argue about that.

 

[Ashton]

This twist could've been sort of okay in a 9-10 week series, but now we're headed to doubles and triples, backdoors and whatnot. And it seems to be completely pointless, considering that Sam doesn't get immunity from eviction next week?!?!?!

And the fact that they've put Emily back in was a TERRIBLE choice. 99.8% of people are sick to death of all the politics talk, and we were looking at at a more fun series after George was ejected. So what better to do than stoke the fire and bring Emily back and giving her immunity. Is nobody in production competent? Its about time we get a production refresh for future series.

 

[Brekkie]

Regardless of who they were I don't think you can justify a weeks immunity for newcomers firstly with it being such a short series and secondly with the original HMs not getting that themselves in the first week. If anything any "intruders" should automatically be more at risk but producers are just gifting them a place in the house rather than making them earn it.

 

[kamui]

I don't get ITV's obsession with the political divide and having housemates that do nothing but argue about that.

Probably ticks off some pointless engagement metric like "we got mentioned on GB News, which they usually don't do" or "ten people tweeted about supporting Emily despite not really watching the show anyways". They've probably been thrilled with all the coverage about George getting the boot.

A bit like the German production team that seemed like they were super-thrilled that international news papers reported on them updating the housemates on Covid. Didn't really boost their struggling ratings, but they've made international headlines, y'all.

 

[Tim]

people are sick to death of all the politics talk

I dare say the housemates are sick of this as well. Emily is going to come busting into the house shouting “I LOVE BORIS JOHNSON CHANGE MY MIND ” and every housemate except Caroline is going to roll their eyes and not take the rage bait.